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SWE49 Why we should NOT celebrate the 4th of July ? Part 4  (American English)

HSK vocabulary

Yes or No , how to say in Chinese

今天我们学商务合同的基础，还有5个重要法律术语词汇。
 第一个词，商务合同（shāng wù hé tóng），就是商务活动里，双方签的书面文件，写清楚谁该做什么、有什么权利。比如外贸合作，要先签商务合同。
 然后是甲方（jiǎ fāng）和乙方（yǐ fāng），合同里的两个主要公司，没有谁大谁小，比如甲方买东西，乙方卖东西。
 还有标的（biāo dì），就是合同里大家约定的核心东西，比如1000台电脑。最后是权利（quán lì）和义务（yì wù），权利是“可以做的事”，比如甲方可以查货物质量；义务是“必须做的事”，比如乙方必须按时送货。
 合同还有三个部分：标题、当事人信息、正文。

商务合同实务（货物买卖）

商务合同实务（货物买卖）01


You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Keep Screens Out of Bed for Better Sleep

When the occurrence of something is known,“是……的" can be used to emphasize the time, manner, place, purpose and doer involved in the occurrence of the event. “是”can be omitted in positive and interrogative sentences, but not in negative sentences.
tā shì jīn tiān lái běi jīnɡ de 。  
她是今天来北京的。She came to Beijing today.
wǒ shì kāi chē qù xī ān de 。   
我是开车去西安的。I went to Xi 'an by car.
zhè shì zài shànɡ hǎi mǎi de 。  
这是在上海买的。I bought it in Shanghai.
wǒ shì lái yún nán lǚ yóu de 。  
我是来云南旅游的。I came to Yunnan for traveling.
wǎn fàn shì dà wèi zuò de 。
晚饭是大卫做的。David cooked dinner.

wǒ men bú shì zuò fēi jī qù de 。 
我们不是坐飞机去的。We didn't go by plane.

JOJO CHINESE

是……的

Сегодня я расскажу вам о некоторых причинах, почему необходимо изучать русский язык. 

Зачем ты изучаешь русский? Пиши в комментариях. 

Russian isn't easy, but very interesting. Russisch ist nicht leicht, aber sehr interessant. 

Russian for foreigners

Почему нужно изучать русский язык? Why do you need to learn Russian?

成语故事

画蛇添足

We all strive to speak persuasively. These phrases can help, but it's important to understand how and when to say them!

RUSSIAN BRIDGE PODCAST

Russian in 3 minutes. Более того, мало того, кроме того... (B1-B2)

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Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English podcast. My name is Carl. Today I want to talk about breaking the ice. So breaking the ice means meeting someone new that you don't know for the first time. So when you go to a party or you go to a new workplace or a new school, you're always going to have the occasion where you need to meet people for the very first time.


And sometimes this can be awkward and you can feel embarrassed about talking to someone if you don't know them and they don't know you and you're not friends yet. So I just wanted to talk really briefly about some advice that I have for you to meet people for the first time in any environment. And this is especially true if you are not a native speaker of their language.


So the first tip I have is to simply smile. Make your face look friendly and welcoming and give eye contact to the person that you want to talk to. It sounds really simple and obvious, but if you missed this step um, you know, this is a very important step and this is half the battle. So make sure that you look approachable yourself and you smile And you might even make a slight hand gesture, like, uh, a mini wave of some sort.  And the next thing is to simply say hello.


You don't have to come up with any kind of clever saying or pick up line or joke just simply saying hello. And you can see if the other person is interested in having a conversation with you.


And another tip is that you can be observant of what the person looks like or what clothes they're wearing and use that as a clue um, to tell you about who they are. For example, if the person is wearing very nice running shoes you kind of have the idea that this person likes to run or this person may be a runner or if you notice that the person has, um, cauliflower ears, you know, scarred ears from wrestling OK, this guy is probably a fighter. (please subscribe to the Streetwise English Podcast)



